The Kos Travel Guide 2026 editions are available from all major book retailers and now, for the first time from Amazon Kindle Unlimited. Pick your format!
Paperback – Amazon
The 2026 Kos Travel Guides are available worldwide via your favourite Amazon sites listed below.
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Our aim is to offer the most comprehensive travel guide to the Greek island of Kos
The A to Z Guide to Kos was the second book in the unique A to Z series of travel guides, renowned for their comprehensive, accurate and impartial approach. Our Kos travel guide covers all aspects of the island, its history and the many attractions to be found on Kos, the neighbouring island of Nisyros and the nearby Turkish mainland. The A to Z Travel Club, accessed on this website, vastly increases the information on Kos available to the reader.
Tony Oswin, author of the A to Z series of travel guides, is a British expatriate who now lives on Thassos. He realised the need for such guides during his many holidays on the Greek islands, finding it always difficult, costly and time-consuming to acquire comprehensive and up-to-date information. He also found that the vast majority of travel guides are published and then just re-printed year after year, meaning that the information contained within, ends up inaccurate and out of date, the A to Z series is very different:
Firstly, our guidebooks are completely revised each year with all the latest news and changes on the islands for the forthcoming summer season.
Secondly, our objective is to offer our readers a unique source of the very latest news and information from the islands. To this end, purchase of any of our books grants you FREE membership of the A to Z Travel Club, allowing full access to all the Kos web pages, where you will find the latest news on attractions, festivals, music and cultural events, travel news and a vast range of tourist related information and advice (updated every day during the summer).
Thirdly, most travel guides ‘pad out’ their publications with pictures of nondescript pretty alleyways and beaches that are of little help to the reader. We wanted to offer much more and at a higher quality than is possible in a ‘paper-back’ format. So to achieve this and at no extra cost to the book purchaser, we moved all the media onto this website. In the Kos Gallery’, Travel Club members will find over 50 high quality photographs, panoramas, videos and webcams. The photographs have a brief description and the relevant page number in the book, so that you can read more about the subject.
Finally, the A to Z Travel Club also allows us to offer a range of Travel Club Member Discounts offered by businesses on the islands, meaning that rather than costing you, our guides can actually save you money!
All this is aimed at offering the holidaymaker a series of unique travel guides that accurately and comprehensively cover all the subjects of interest, to help ensure a visit to the Greek islands is truly memorable and problem-free.
Fully updated for the 2026 summer season!
The 2026 edition book contains:
- History & Mythology of Kos
- Local Culture and Customs
- Different Ways of Visiting the Island
- Hotels, Studios and Apartments
- Camping on the Island
- Places to Visit
- Organised Trips
- Activities for the Younger Visitor
- Beaches and Resorts
- Archaeological Sites on Kos
- Visiting the Volcanic Island of Nisyros
- Visiting Bodrum (Mainland Turkey)
- Eating and Drinking Out
- A Guide to Greek Food
- Sports & Recreation on the Island
- Car & Scooter Hire
- Public Transport
- Bus Information
- Ferry and Hydrofoil Information
- Weather Facts
- Local Products
- Carnivals and Religious Events
- Money Matters
- Health Facts and Contacts
- Simple Advice on Bugs and Critters
- Shopping Guides
- Suggestions and Insider Tips
- Maps of Kos, Kos Town, the Asklepion and Bodrum
- Greek Glossary
A to Z Travel Club
Purchase of the A to Z Guide to Kos entitles you to FREE membership of the A to Z Travel Club
The Kos Travel Guide, revised for the 2026 season with all the latest facts, money-saving offers and comprehensive information on Kos.
The 2026 edition of the A to Z Guide to Kos is published in Paperback by Arima Publishing.
Printed with a monochrome interior and full-colour cover, 197 pages. Size 5.25″ x 8″
ISBN: 978-1845498566
The 2026 Kindle edition is published exclusively on Amazon by Verkko Publishing PT.
KINDLE ASIN: B0GCV7ZNS5
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Kos Quick Facts
- One of the main Greek island holiday destinations
- In easy reach of Bodrum on the Turkish mainland
- Nearby volcanic island of Nisyros
- Many fine beaches
- Bustling in the high season
- Island airport
- Many all inclusive resorts
- Kos Town café culture
- Archaeologically interesting
- ‘High octane’ night-time venues
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